[Tied hands protruding from the snow]
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[Tied hands protruding from the snow]

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Associated Press

Maker
American

[Tied hands protruding from the snow]

January 30, 1951
Gelatin silver print
Image: 20 x 23.7 cm (7 7/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Paper: 21 x 25.4 cm (8 1/4 x 10 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
Inscriptions [paper attached to print] recto (typed): FUTILITY / THRUST UPWARD AS IN PRAYER, THIS PAIR OF TIED / HANDS WAS FOUND PROTRUDING THE SNOW AT YANGJI / ON THE CENTRAL KOREAN FRONT, JAN.27. UN AUTHOR- / ITIES SAID THEY WERE THE HANDS OF A CIVILIAN / PRESUMABLY KILLED BY RETREATING COMMUNIST FORCES. / 1/30/51

verso (stamped in red ink): [underlined] NOTICE / This picture is the property of The Associated / Press and may [illegible] for the purposes of / reprod[illegible] by the owner. It may / not [illegible]or used for / [illegible] purpos[illegible]trade / [illegible] must be printed under / each reproduction of this picture: / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO (pencil): [mark through stamp]
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